Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 6, 2006 2:52 PM	CONTACT: Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities Jason Salzman, (303)-292-1524

Congressional Legislation Finally Targets Wasteful Pentagon Spending to Address Federal Budget Woes Common Sense Budget Act—to Be Introduced Wed., March 8—Transfers Wasteful Pentagon Spending to Health, Schools, other Priorities Reagan Defense Official Lawrence Korb Identifies $60 Billion that Could Be Trimmed from Bush’s Proposed Defense Budget

WASHINGTON - March 6 - Who: Ben Cohen, Co-Founder, Ben and Jerry’s; President, Priorities Campaign Lawrence Korb, Former Reagan Assistant Defense Secretary Barbara Lee (D-CA) Jack Shanahan, Former Commander of the US Second Fleet Wayne Silby, Chairman, Calvert Funds Jim Wallis, Sojourners Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) Where: 121 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC When: 10:00 a.m. What: A news conference announcing 1) report by Korb, 2) legislation, and 3) ad campaign about shifting $60 billion in wasted Pentagon spending to other priorities. A group of business and retired military leaders is joining Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) today as she introduces the Common Sense Budget Act, which would transfer $60 billion from the Pentagon Budget to other priorities, like schools, healthcare, and humanitarian foreign aid. Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities has purchased full page ads in newspapers in New Hampshire and Iowa, educating fiscal conservative lawmakers in those states about the Pentagon budget. Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities (www.sensiblepriorities.org) is comprised of 650 business executives and distinguished military authorities who favor trimming wasteful spending from the Pentagon budget and investing the savings in schools, healthcare for children, and other federal priorities. Contact: Jason Salzman, 303-292-1524. Jason Salzman Cause Communications 1836 Blake Street, 100a Denver, CO 80202 ###